England vs Netherlands LIVE: ICC Cricket World Cup result and reaction as Jos Buttler’s side win by 160 runs
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Your support makes all the difference.England have already crashed out of the Cricket World Cup, which was sealed by the 33-run defeat to Australia, but restored a small amount of pride with a 160-run win over the Netherlands.
That will hopefully have restored some pride to a side that hit rock bottom during the defeat to Pat Cummins’ side, and it has kept them in the hunt for the ICC Champions Trophy in 2025, with only the top eight qualifying for that event.
The victory over the Netherlands has moved England from the foot of the table into seventh place.
There will be plenty of time after the tournament for a full analysis of how England’s title defence could go so disastrously wrong with very few warning signs before the squad departed for India, but for now there is a chance to qualify for the next ICC event, with a game against Pakistan to come on 11 November.
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England 131-1 (20) Malan 84, Root 28
A quieter over from Dutt, but it is getting to the point where the Netherlands need a wicket, and they would like ti to be Malan.
But England have set the platform, something they have failed to do so often, and are looking comfortable.
England 124-1 (19) Malan 82, Root 23
Malan hits a second six to move into the 80s, this has been excellent batting from the England opener, who raced to ihs half century, took his foot off the pedal a little bit there, but has the World Cup’s 500th six!
England are cruising here. It’s just difficult to explain why there wasn’t any of this earlier in the tournament.
England 111-1 (17) Malan 72, Root 20
Malan has launched the ball to the short boundary for a 65-metre six! He has looked confident and composed here.
Root is just playing the ideal supporting role to Malan’s shot-scoring as the pace picks up from the innings.
He is just rotating the strike well and allowing Malan the freedom to go big.
England 82-1 (13) Malan 58, Root 6
Malan had a slightly nervy moment when he went for a leg-side flick, and didn’t quite get hold of it, but it was short of the fielder in the deep.
Root is just taking his time to get set here. As Nasser Hussain is mentioning on commentary, he has not looked in poor touch this tournament, but has just not had the scores to back it up.
England 70-1 (10) Malan 51, Root 1
This is the best start to an innings for some time in this World Cup, although their problem both in the tournament and leading up to it was the loss of wickets.
Joe Root scored runs in the first two matches, against New Zealand and Bangladesh and will want to add to his World Cup tally here.
At the end of the powerplay, England have 70 runs on the board, and it looks like a good pitch in Pune.
England 63-1, Malan 45, Root 0
Malan has looked on form here, and he remains the only England player to have scored a century in the tournament so far, although the game against Bangladesh feels like a very long time ago.
This is a chance for England’s batting to show that they can still, in fact, bat - something they have not been able to showcase this tournament.
Wicket! Bairstow out for 15 - England 48-1
Having said all that about a good platform, Jonny Bairstow is out!
He tried to go for a heave into the leg side and top-edged the ball and was caught. He has not found the form of 2019 where he set the world alight at the top of the innings.
The Yorkshire batter might be disappointed with that, there was a good opportunity for him to go and score runs today.
England 47-0 (6) Bairstow 15, Malan 30
England have been exceptional in this powerplay, and Malan in particular has picked off anything short or wide and looks comfortable.
If they can perform well, there will be calls over why they could not do this earlier, but there is still a 2025 Champions Trophy place at stake, and missing out would be embarrassing for the side that can just about still call itself defending champions.
England 29-0 (3) Bairstow 7, Malan 20
This is just the start England would have wanted and what they haven’t had all tournament.
Maybe something about being officially out and having hit rock bottom has sparked something. It’s still early in the game but the openers are imposing themselves on the Netherlands and also defending at times.
England 6-0 (1) Bairstow 6, Malan 0
A solid start for England, at least there were no wickets lost unlike the first ball against Australia.
Bairstow got off the mark with a flick for four, and England are up and running against the Netherlands, who chose to open with spin.
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